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Japan: Residents Protest as Long-Range Missile Launcher Arrives at JGSDF Camp in Kumamoto 2

Early on March 9, the Ministry of Defense delivered a long-range missile launcher to the Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Kengun in Kumamoto for their first domestic deployment. In response to the move, which began without prior notice from the ministry, more than a hundred protesters gathered outside the camp, demanding the withdrawal of the deployment and the holding of a briefing for residents.

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2026, for the first day of a two-day monetary policy meeting. (Pool photo)

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2025, for the first day of a two-day monetary policy meeting. (Pool photo)

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2025, for the first day of a two-day monetary policy meeting. (Pool photo)

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2025, for the first day of a two-day policy-setting meeting. (Pool photo)

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025, for the first day of a two-day policy-setting meeting.

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025, for the first day of a two-day policy-setting meeting.

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BOJ Governor Ueda

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda enters the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2025, to attend the first-day session of a two-day monetary policy meeting. (Pool photo)

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OPENING OF SWEDISH-NORWEGIAN POLICE STATION

Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria with Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and county governor Knut Storberget during a visit to the first Swedish-Norwegian police station at Morokulien, between Eda in Sweden and Eidskog municipality in Norway, on September 10, 2025.Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / Code 10050

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OPENING OF SWEDISH-NORWEGIAN POLICE STATION

Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria with Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and county governor Knut Storberget during a visit to the first Swedish-Norwegian police station at Morokulien, between Eda in Sweden and Eidskog municipality in Norway, on September 10, 2025.Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / Code 10050

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OPENING OF SWEDISH-NORWEGIAN POLICE STATION

Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria with Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and county governor Knut Storberget during a visit to the first Swedish-Norwegian police station at Morokulien, between Eda in Sweden and Eidskog municipality in Norway, on September 10, 2025.Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / Code 10050

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KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf shares the first cup of church coffee with Lotta Finstorp, Governor of Norrbotten County, and Jan Moström, CEO of LKAB, following a tent service marking the relocation of Kiruna Church, which is being moved five kilometers to the new city center in Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080"

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KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf shares the first cup of church coffee with Lotta Finstorp, Governor of Norrbotten County, and Jan Moström, CEO of LKAB, following a tent service marking the relocation of Kiruna Church, which is being moved five kilometers to the new city center in Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080"

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KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf shares the first cup of church coffee with Lotta Finstorp, Governor of Norrbotten County, and Jan Moström, CEO of LKAB, following a tent service marking the relocation of Kiruna Church, which is being moved five kilometers to the new city center in Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080"

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KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf shares the first cup of church coffee with Lotta Finstorp, Governor of Norrbotten County, and Jan Moström, CEO of LKAB, following a tent service marking the relocation of Kiruna Church, which is being moved five kilometers to the new city center in Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080"

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KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf shares the first cup of church coffee with Lotta Finstorp, Governor of Norrbotten County, and Jan Moström, CEO of LKAB, following a tent service marking the relocation of Kiruna Church, which is being moved five kilometers to the new city center in Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080"

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KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf shares the first cup of church coffee with Lotta Finstorp, Governor of Norrbotten County, and Jan Moström, CEO of LKAB, following a tent service marking the relocation of Kiruna Church, which is being moved five kilometers to the new city center in Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080"

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on July 30, 2025, to attend the first day of a two-day policy-setting meeting.

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on July 30, 2025, to attend the first day of a two-day policy-setting meeting.

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BOJ chief Ueda

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on June 16, 2025, for the first day of the BOJ's two-day policy-setting meeting.

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BOJ chief Ueda

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on June 16, 2025, for the first day of the BOJ's two-day policy-setting meeting.

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BOJ chief Ueda

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on June 16, 2025, for the first day of the BOJ's two-day policy-setting meeting.

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BOJ chief Ueda

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on June 16, 2025, for the first day of the BOJ's two-day policy-setting meeting.

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VETERANS DAY GOTHENBURG 2025

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN 20250529Crown Princess Victoria (center), Bishop Susanne Rappmann (2nd from left), First Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag Kenneth G. Forslund and County Governor Sten Tolgfors participate in a ceremony with wreath-laying, speeches, a minute of silence and medal presentation on Veterans Day at Gustaf Adolfs Torg on Thursday.Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall / TT / Code 9200

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VETERANS DAY GOTHENBURG 2025

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN 20250529Crown Princess Victoria (center), Bishop Susanne Rappmann (2nd from left), First Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag (parliament) Kenneth G. Forslund and County Governor Sten Tolgfors during a flyover with Jas 39 as they participate in a ceremony with wreath-laying, speeches, a minute of silence and medal presentation on Veterans Day at Gustaf Adolfs Torg on Thursday.Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall / TT / Code 9200

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VETERANS DAY GOTHENBURG 2025

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN 20250529Crown Princess Victoria (center), First Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag (parliament) Kenneth G. Forslund (left) and County Governor Sten Tolgfors participate in a ceremony with a wreath-laying ceremony, speeches, a minute of silence and a medal presentation on Veterans Day at Gustaf Adolfs Torg on Thursday.Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall / TT / Code 9200

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VETERANS DAY GOTHENBURG 2025

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN 20250529Crown Princess Victoria (center), Bishop Susanne Rappmann (2nd from left), First Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag (parliament) Kenneth G. Forslund and County Governor Sten Tolgfors during a flyover with Jas 39 as they participate in a ceremony with wreath-laying, speeches, a minute of silence and medal presentation on Veterans Day at Gustaf Adolfs Torg on Thursday.Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall / TT / Code 9200

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VETERANS DAY GOTHENBURG 2025

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN 20250529Crown Princess Victoria (center), First Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag (parliament) Kenneth G. Forslund (left) and County Governor Sten Tolgfors participate in a ceremony with a wreath-laying ceremony, speeches, a minute of silence and a medal presentation on Veterans Day at Gustaf Adolfs Torg on Thursday.Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall / TT / Code 9200

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Suzuki arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on April 30, 2025, for the first day of its two-day policy-setting meeting.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Nationals

Hideaki Omura, governor of Japan's Aichi Prefecture, throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Nationals on April 7, 2025, at Nationals Park in Washington.

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BOJ chief Ueda

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on March 18, 2025, for the first day of the BOJ's two-day policy-setting meeting.

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BOJ chief Ueda

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on March 18, 2025, for the first day of the BOJ's two-day policy-setting meeting.

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024, to attend the first day its two-day policy-setting meeting. (Pool photo)

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024, to attend the first day its two-day policy-setting meeting. (Pool photo)

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2024, to attend the first day of the central bank's two-day policy-setting meeting. (Pool photo)

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Claudia Sheinbaum Sworn In As First Female President Of Mexico

Governor of the state of Sinaloa, Ruben Rocha Moya attends the Ceremony of the handing over of the baton of command by representatives of the 100 indigenous peoples for the First Female Mexico's President , Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, as part of the presidential inauguration at Zocalo main square. on October 1, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Claudia Sheinbaum Sworn In As First Female President Of Mexico

Governor of the state of Puebla, Sergio Salomon attends the Ceremony of the handing over of the baton of command by representatives of the 100 indigenous peoples for the First Female Mexico's President , Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, as part of the presidential inauguration at Zocalo main square. on October 1, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Claudia Sheinbaum Sworn In As First Female President Of Mexico

Governor of the state of Nuevo Leon, Samuel Garcia attends the Ceremony of the handing over of the baton of command by representatives of the 100 indigenous peoples for the First Female Mexico's President , Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, as part of the presidential inauguration at Zocalo main square. on October 1, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Claudia Sheinbaum Sworn In As First Female President Of Mexico

Governor of the state of Sonora, Alfonso Durazo Montaño attends the Ceremony of the handing over of the baton of command by representatives of the 100 indigenous peoples for the First Female Mexico's President , Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, as part of the presidential inauguration at Zocalo main square. on October 1, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Harris And Biden Make First Joint Appearance Since Ticket Change - Maryland

Governor Wes Moore (Democrat of Maryland) speaks at an event with United States President Joe Biden and United States Vice President Kamala Harris at Prince George’s County Community College in Largo, Maryland, USA, on Thursday, August 15, 2024. The event was centered around “lowering drug costs for the American people” and was their first joint appearance since President Biden dropped out of the presidential race, and endorsed Harris. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/ CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Harris And Biden Make First Joint Appearance Since Ticket Change - Maryland

Governor Wes Moore (Democrat of Maryland) speaks at an event with United States President Joe Biden and United States Vice President Kamala Harris at Prince George’s County Community College in Largo, Maryland, USA, on Thursday, August 15, 2024. The event was centered around “lowering drug costs for the American people” and was their first joint appearance since President Biden dropped out of the presidential race, and endorsed Harris. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/ CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on July 30, 2024, to attend the first day of the central bank's two-day policy-setting meeting.

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Tokyo Gov. Koike

TOKYO, Japan, July 5 Kyodo -Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike arrives at the metropolitan government headquarters in the Japanese capital on July 8, 2024, a day after being reelected for a third four-year term.(Kyodo)

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Tokyo governor race begins

Former House of Councillors lawmaker Renho makes her first stump speech in Tokyo on June 20, 2024, as official campaigning for the July 7 gubernatorial election in the Japanese capital began the same day.

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Tokyo governor race begins

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike makes her first stump speech in Tokyo on June 20, 2024, as official campaigning for the July 7 gubernatorial election in the Japanese capital began the same day.

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Tokyo governor race begins

Shinji Ishimaru, former mayor of Akitakata in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, makes his first stump speech in Tokyo on June 20, 2024, as official campaigning for the July 7 gubernatorial election in the Japanese capital began the same day.

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on June 13, 2024, to attend the first day of the central bank's two-day policy-setting meeting. (Pool photo)

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IRAQ-SULAYMANIYAH-CHINESE FILM WEEK-OPENING

(240612) -- SULAYMANIYAH, June 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Governor of Sulaymaniyah Province Haval Abubakir speaks during the opening ceremony of the first Chinese Film Week in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, June 11, 2024. The event kicked off here on Tuesday, with nearly 100 representatives attending the opening ceremony. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Duan Minfu)

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IRAQ-SULAYMANIYAH-CHINESE FILM WEEK-OPENING

(240612) -- SULAYMANIYAH, June 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Governor of Sulaymaniyah Province Haval Abubakir speaks during the opening ceremony of the first Chinese Film Week in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, June 11, 2024. The event kicked off here on Tuesday, with nearly 100 representatives attending the opening ceremony. (Xinhua/Duan Minfu)

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State Dinner In Honor Of Kenya's President Ruto - Washington

Maura Healey, governor of Massachusetts, right, and Joanna Lydgate arrive to attend a state dinner in honor of Kenya's president William Ruto hosted by US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, May 23, 2024. An American president is hosting a state visit for an African leader for the first time in 16 years, as the world's biggest economy struggles to build influence on a continent forging closer relations beyond Washington's top competitors China and Russia. Photo by Tierney L. Cross/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM